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Saturday, February 23, 2013

#We need to pack them off within another 30 runs, says Ashwin#

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Updated: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 20:06 hrs

Source:
Press Trust of India

Chennai: India's man of the moment
Ravichandran Ashwin feels that Michael Clarke's sureshot dismissal could have
reduced Australia's score by at least 70 runs but they need to pack off the
visitors within another 30 runs at the start of the second day.

"I
think we need to pack them off within another 20-30 runs but we could have
reduced their score by 60-70 runs if he'd (Michael Clarke) been given out. But
it does happen, it's part of the game," Ashwin told mediapersons about
Australian captain being given not out on 39 when TV replays showed that it was
a bat-pad catch to forward short-leg fielder.

Ashwin
was forthright in stating that he appealed as he was fully confident that
Clarke had hit the ball.

"It
was clear to me that he hit the ball and that's why we all went up to appeal.
At the end of the day, it does happen. And Kumar Dharamasena is himself an
off-spinner... We thought he'd give a few dismissals to me, to look at the
lighter side," the burly off-spinner, who had figures of 6 for 88 said.

He did
admit that the thought of emulating Anil Kumble's feat of getting 10 wickets
did cross his mind.

"I'd
be lying if I said no! Because the way things were going since the morning, the
way the ball was coming out of my hand, I thought OK, actually it's a real
possibility here. But in between, I had an injury on my finger and I had to go
off the field. That took the momentum out a bit. Henriques and Clarke got in
and they batted beautifully after that."

The
26-year-old however snapped back when someone asked him about his dip in form
against England.

"See,
I honestly think I didn't have a bad series against England. So if that was
your opinion, yes you're supposed to have your opinion and I won't barge in on
that, but I bowled exactly the same as I bowled against England, but yes today
the wickets were coming."

Ashwin
feels that people who are sitting outside have a penchant for judging a
bowler's form based on the number of wickets he has taken.

"Yes,
it does happen. Everyone sitting a distance away tend to say that the wickets
column should say something, they say you bowled beautifully. On another day,
they end up saying you didn't bowl that well even if you did. So I've got into
a mindset where I actually have to put that behind my mind and go about doing
what I do best."

The offie
denied having done anything different from what he bowled during the series
against England.

"I
would say no, apart from touching up a few things with my coach, I didn't
anything at all. I think I varied my pace at different points on the day. I've
got to say this, today's spell is dedicated to my coach Sunil Subramaniam
because he identified a small thing and we worked on it for five-six sessions
in between the Corporate Trophy and this series."

"The
credit goes to him (Subramanium) because it's very easy to spot a mistake, but
that mistake's root cause could be somewhere else. But to exactly nail that and
to get me out of that is what he did and all credit goes to him. It was about
body position and nothing else."

Also
Alastair Cook's form was a factor during the last Test series.

"That's
the beauty of this game. Suddenly, if someone gets on a roll... the way Cook
batted against us, he took the momentum away from us. That was probably the
difference between the two teams, how you start the series, how you end up
plugging things... He was in superb form."

According
to Ashwin, the pitch was a deceptive one as it didn't turn as much as they
thought it would.

"The
pitch looked very dirty, to be very honest. After the first 5-10 overs, it
looked dirty and we thought it was going to spin like a top. You come out and
you think it's going to spin a lot. But it actually didn't spin at all, to be
honest. I think it’s going to get slow, and hopefully Starc would create some
rough for the second innings."

He was
sceptical about answering a query as to why other Indian spinners (Harbhajan
and Jadeja) weren't as successful as he was.

"See...
if I say something, I don't know what's going to be played up! To be very
honest, Jadeja bowled very well and he was hitting the mark and we were
conceding a few runs on both sides of the wicket here and there, which does
happen at Chepauk."

"See,
when I come out to this ground, I feel the air talks to me, every person
sitting in the stands talks to me, and I feel really comfortable. I know this
ground like the back of my hand. There are certain things... that have gone
wrong for me and I've learnt from them... you tend to leak runs on both side of
the wicket because of the bounce."

Initially,
he didn't bowl a lot of deliveries to Clarke and when asked about the reason
for it, he said, "No, I think he wanted to keep me fresh at different
times of the day, bowl shorter spells. I think I'd bowled 20 overs already in
the day, it made sense. I could return fresher when I came back into the
attack."

Ashwin
discounted the theory that reverse swing could come into effect.

"What
I know is that at Chepauk, reverse swing isn't a big factor for the simple
reason that it bounces, and it's not like you hit the pad often you get leg
befores. They do have four quality seamers, we'll have to wait and watch."

Ashwin
went on the defensive when the question of dropping Pragyan Ojha popped up.

"I
wish I could answer that. I would have answered that if I knew what the reason
is. But the fact that they had a lot of left-handers, we had to play two
off-spinners. Even if I were the captain, I would have done the same
thing."

The
player also differed on the opinion that Indian bowlers didn't attack Clarke a
lot during the early part of the innings.

"We
had just one fielder on the deep on off-side, when he (Clarke) was batting for
the first 50 balls and I don't think you can attack more. After a point of
time, you need to be sensible rather than challenge the conditions."

Playing
his first Test match at the Chepauk was a big occasion for Ashwin.

"I've
played a plenty of IPL games here, 3-4 ODI games too and international Twenty20
too. But all that comes nowhere close to Test matches. For the last two days, I
couldn't connect with what was happening. I was in complete awe, smiling all
through the last couple of days. The ground looked picturesque. I've never seen
Chepauk greener than this, I've never seen Chepauk more beautiful than this.
Just had a wonderful day today."

"I
was very happy to be part of this Test match and I was actually telling myself
that even if this had to be my last Test match, it will be the happiest day of
my life," he signed off

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